The movie was written at least 5 years after the first episode, if they had really thought about all this from the beginning the whole anime wouldn't have had so much inconsistencies and would have been much better since always. The theory would work the other way around, the film was written with the idea of giving an explanation as to why Ash gets Pikachu from Oak but it wasn't planned like that from the start.
I agree with this, it is actually impossible that they planned it from the start. Hidaka already confirmed celebi was supposed to be used for the Johto series and wasn't created at the time of the 1st episode, the Movie absolutely gave explanation after the fact, and not as a planned project
Dang never thought about the whole time traveling paradox thingy. My brain hurt now
The movie was written at least 5 years after the first episode, if they had really thought about all this from the beginning the whole anime wouldn't have had so much inconsistencies and would have been much better since always. The theory would work the other way around, the film was written with the idea of giving an explanation as to why Ash gets Pikachu from Oak but it wasn't planned like that from the start.
I agree with this, it is actually impossible that they planned it from the start. Hidaka already confirmed celebi was supposed to be used for the Johto series and wasn't created at the time of the 1st episode, the Movie absolutely gave explanation after the fact, and not as a planned project
Ooooh I love this theory